Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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The colors are the national forage map: every square kilometer of the lower 48, scored the same way. See the honey flow for your state and town, the best and worst spots we found, or how the scoring works.

Forage report for 42.7414, -106.3066

Estimated forage here is better than about 63% of sites in Wyoming. Against other Wyoming sites it stands out most in summer (80th percentile) and lowest in fall (5th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.38 mi E.

Ranking

Continental US: 24th percentile (spring 12th, summer 65th, fall 65th)
Wyoming: 63rd percentile (spring 52nd, summer 80th, fall 5th)
Southern Rockies: 42nd percentile (spring 42nd, summer 48th, fall 40th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Wyoming, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Willows
Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 31 — Huckleberries, Summer-flowering shrubs, Snowberry
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Willows, Huckleberries, Native wildflowers, Native wildflowers; dark amber
Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Huckleberries, Snowberry, Fireweed; extra light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Fireweed, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Snowberry, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
Whole season (March to November): Huckleberries, Summer-flowering shrubs, Willows, Snowberry; light amber

Things to watch

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An estimate from public maps (USDA crop maps 2021-2025 averaged, LANDFIRE vegetation), not a survey of the ground. Maps can't see garden plantings, understory density, other beekeepers' hives, or this year's weather. Honey composition is a nectar-source estimate, not a pollen analysis. Benchmark 2026.5. How this works.